A clarion call to the addiction science community: It's time to resist the anti-scientific policies of the US Trump administration

Thomas F Babor¹, Bryon Adinoff², Luke Clark³, David Crockford⁴, Zsolt Demetrovics⁵, Paul Dietze⁶, Jean-Sébastien Fallu⁷, Sally Gainsbury⁸, Gail Gilchrist⁹, David A Gorelick¹⁰, Kathryn Graham¹¹, Derek Heim¹², Matilda Hellman¹³, Anne-Marie Laslett¹⁴, Caravella McCuistian¹⁵, Michal Miovsky¹⁶, Neo K Morojele¹⁷, Jacek Moskalewicz¹⁸, Isidore S Obot¹⁹, Richard Pates²⁰, Robin Room¹⁴, Marta Rychert²¹, Aysel Sultan²², Carla Treloar²³, Nigel E Turner²⁴, Samantha Wells^{25

26}, Emily C Williams²⁷, Katie Witkiewitz²⁸, Jason Grebely²⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.
² University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
⁵ Flinders University Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia; Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
⁶ Disease Elimination Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁷ School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁸ School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁹ Addictions Healthcare Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK.
¹⁰ Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹¹ Centre for Addition and Mental Health, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹² Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.
¹³ Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
¹⁴ Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
¹⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
¹⁷ Department of Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹⁸ Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.
¹⁹ Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse, Uyo, Nigeria.
²⁰ University of Worcester, Worcester, UK.
²¹ SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, College of Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
²² Department of Science, Technology and Society, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
²³ Centre for Social Research in Health, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia.
²⁴ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research and Campbell Family Mental Health Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
²⁵ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addition and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
²⁶ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
²⁷ Department of Health Systems & Population Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
²⁸ Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
²⁹ Hepatitis and Drug Use Research Group, Kirby Institute, Australia.

PMID: 40190408
PMCID: PMC11966620
DOI: 10.1177/14550725251325970

Editorial

A clarion call to the addiction science community: It's time to resist the anti-scientific policies of the US Trump administration

Thomas F Babor et al. Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;42(2):107-112.

doi: 10.1177/14550725251325970. Epub 2025 Apr 1.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.
² University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
⁵ Flinders University Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia; Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
⁶ Disease Elimination Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁷ School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁸ School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁹ Addictions Healthcare Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK.
¹⁰ Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹¹ Centre for Addition and Mental Health, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹² Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.
¹³ Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
¹⁴ Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
¹⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
¹⁷ Department of Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹⁸ Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.
¹⁹ Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse, Uyo, Nigeria.
²⁰ University of Worcester, Worcester, UK.
²¹ SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, College of Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
²² Department of Science, Technology and Society, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
²³ Centre for Social Research in Health, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia.
²⁴ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research and Campbell Family Mental Health Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
²⁵ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addition and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
²⁶ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
²⁷ Department of Health Systems & Population Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
²⁸ Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
²⁹ Hepatitis and Drug Use Research Group, Kirby Institute, Australia.

PMID: 40190408
PMCID: PMC11966620
DOI: 10.1177/14550725251325970

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Keywords: Addiction science; addiction science; addiction science editors; autonomous science; science publication; scientific integrity.

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The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

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